Bug in GNU as from binutils 2.9.1

[Christian Corti]

Hello,

I get the following internal error in 'as' when compiling gcc 3.2.1:

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./xgcc -B./ -B/usr/local/mipsel-dec-netbsd1.6/bin/ -isystem
/usr/local/mipsel-dec-netbsd1.6/include -isystem
/usr/local/mipsel-dec-netbsd1.6/sys-include -O2  -DIN_GCC    -W -Wall
-Wwrite-strings -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -isystem
./include   -g  -DIN_LIBGCC2 -D__GCC_FLOAT_NOT_NEEDED  -I. -I.
-I../../gcc-3.2.1/gcc -I../../gcc-3.2.1/gcc/. -I../../gcc-3.2.1/gcc/config
-I../../gcc-3.2.1/gcc/../include  -DL_absvsi2 -c
../../gcc-3.2.1/gcc/libgcc2.c -o libgcc/./_absvsi2.o
/var/tmp//cc0F2MiP.s: Assembler messages:
/var/tmp//cc0F2MiP.s:231: Internal error!
Assertion failure in mips_emit_delays at ./config/tc-mips.c line 2280.
Please report this bug.
gmake[3]: *** [libgcc/./_absvsi2.o] Error 1
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/gcc3obj/gcc'
gmake[2]: *** [libgcc.a] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/gcc3obj/gcc'
gmake[1]: *** [stage1_build] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/gcc3obj/gcc'
gmake: *** [bootstrap] Error 2

'as -v':
GNU assembler version 2.9.1 (pmax-unknown-netbsd1.6.1.), using BFD version
2.9.1

I have tried both binutils 2.9.1 as shipped with NetBSD 1.5 as well as
version 2.9.1 compiled from sources with gcc 2.95.3. I have a DECstation
5000/260 with MIPS R4400, 64MB RWM.

Using binutils 2.11.2 works fine for compiling, but generates faulty
shared libraries, therefore C++ programs won't work at all (segmentation
fault in ld.elf_so while loading) as they use libgcc and libstdc++.
Compiling with -static option produces working code, so I think there must
be some bug in 'ld' or similar.
BTW I have the same SIGSEV problem with binutils 2.11.2 on SunOS 4.1.1, so
I took binutils 2.9.1 which works fine; that's the reason I want to use
the same version on my DECstation and not 2.11.x! I don't know if this
problem has been cured in the newer version 2.13.x.

Christian Corti

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